A dirt bike for MS

AUTHOR(S)

Mead, Martha J.

PUB. DATE

December 2011

SOURCE

Momentum (19403410);Winter2011/2012, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p12

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2004 whose sports-minded children have adopted an MS awareness theme at their sports gears and equipments.

A personal narrative is presented in which the author discusses her experience with her mother who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), but told her daughter that she would not die from this disease, and the daughter went into depression as she was having fearful thoughts and feelings.

The article reveals the regrets of Olympic swimmer-turned-singing sensation Sarah Ryan over the death of her father. She says her father had multiple sclerosis for seven or eight years. Her father passed away in 1998. She says she still feels guilty with the fact she was not by her father's side...

An interview with American endurance motorcyclist Paul Pelland, a member of the Iron Butt Association, is presented. He considers motorcycling as a career which began after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2005. He highlights his experiences at motorcycling event called the 100...

An interview with American motorcycle racer Paul Pelland who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) is presented. He addresses various issues concerning the Iron Butt Association. He describes the process of selecting Iron Butt Association members for the Iron Butt Rally. He shares the...

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Sympathy for prisoner Schapelle Corby; Inability of young people to pay attention on the beauty of nature; Assistance of a mother for her daughter who has multiple sclerosis.

Recounts the author's experiences being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Overview of the symptoms of the disease; Lack of information in the medical community as to its causes and the factors that affect its course; Impact on her family life; Efforts to control the disease; Learning to live...

Reports on multiple sclerosis (MS), a debilitating ailment that afflicts 8,000 Americans each year and whose cause and cure are unknown. MS develops when nerves in the brain and spinal column lose their protective coating, called Myelin, resulting in numbness, double vision, paralysis, or pain....